Category: Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server Blog which includes troubleshooting, performance tuning, and database administration guides from an experienced SQL DBA, Peter Whyte.
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How to Show Line Numbers in SSMS
This post contains a quick guide on how to show line numbers in the SSMS query window. Useful if you want to see line numbers while you code. As well as general preference, enabling line numbers in SQL Server Management Studio is particularly useful when debugging an error…
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Add a Filegroup to a Database in SQL Server
This post contains a demo on how to add a new Filegroup for a database in SQL Server. Most databases work well with single data/log files and do not need this. Adding filegroups to a SQL Server database can improve performance by distributing data across multiple disk drives…
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Disabling Change Data Capture in SQL Server
This post contains a demo on how to disable CDC (Change Data Capture) in SQL Server 2022. The sp_cdc_disable_table and sp_cdc_disable_db in-built MSSQL SPs are what we should use to disable CDC in SQL Server which is explained more below. The sp_cdc_disable_table and sp_cdc_disable_db are the in-built MSSQL…
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How to Enable CDC in SQL Server
This is a post on how to enable Change Data Capture (CDC) in SQL Server. Enabling this on a database and table will allow the recording of activity when tables and rows have been modified. This is a feature available for us to configure within SQL Server and…
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SQL Server Default Ports
The SQL Server default ports that the SQL Engine runs on is port 1433. This is a useful thing to know if managing SQL Server databases, however SQL Server can be configured to run on a variety of port numbers, which I’m hoping to help explain in this post.…
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Connecting to SQL Server on Another Domain
This post contains a guide on how to connect to SQL Server with Windows Authentication, but using a different Domain User other than your own. The regular Windows SQL Server User connects & runs their queries via SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). If you’re in a corporate environment,…
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How to Rename a Computer that Hosts SQL Server
When changing the hostname of a computer that is running SQL Server, we have to update system metadata so that remote connections and applications do not lose connectivity. This guide provides a clear, step-by-step approach to updating SQL Server metadata after a hostname change. This is more often…
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Get Database Sizes in SQL Server
Knowing how much disk space your databases are consuming in SQL Server is an important thing to know and monitor as a Database Administrator. As well as this, we should be looking at future growth of database files, ensuring we have enough disk space for years to come.…
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How to Backup a Database in SQL Server
In this blog post I’m sharing a demo for how to backup databases in Microsoft SQL Server. As a Production SQL DBA, having backups of your data is just as important as keeping your SQL Server online/available to serve its applications and users. If you don’t have confidence…
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